Living in Language: The Literary Word at Work in the World - Couverture rigide

Bosworth, David

 
9781666774504: Living in Language: The Literary Word at Work in the World
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ISBN 10 : 1666774502 ISBN 13 : 9781666774504
Editeur : Front Porch Republic Books, 2024

Synopsis

In Living in Language, David Bosworth makes a compelling case for the power and relevance of the literary imagination throughout history. In a series of essays both lyrical and analytical, he examines how certain works have engaged the most pressing problems of their authors' ages even as they illuminate challenges that still haunt the world. The topics addressed are rich and various: the evolutionary significance of metaphorical reasoning; how Hitler's infatuation with an opera's plot predicted the arc of his horrific reign, even as his victims employed the power of narrative to endure his crimes; the ways in which Melville's late fiction foresaw the sources driving America's current cultural crisis; and how, in probing his era's political turmoil, Shakespeare's plays supply clues to resolving the current era's. From the spiritual quest of a musical prose to the cinematic craft of amending America's foundational story; from the myth of the Fall to novels that probe the Internet's impact on our lives today, Bosworth reveals how the literary imagination honors the "living" prescribed by the human predicament, evoking its beauty while never stinting on its uncertainties, cruelties, and pain.

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À propos de l'auteur

A recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Editors' Book Award, David Bosworth is the author of two books of fiction and numerous essays on cultural and ethical change in America. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Éditeur
Front Porch Republic Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1666774502
ISBN 13 
9781666774504
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
210
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1666774499 ISBN 13 :  9781666774498
Editeur : Front Porch Republic Books, 2024
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